Welcome to Bordertown: New Stories and Poems of the Borderlands
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781480561250 (1480561258)
Publish date: September 1st 2013
Publisher: Brilliance Corporation
Edition language: English
Series: Borderland (#5)
For me, urban fantasy is fantasy set in, duh, urban areas, in cities. Frequently the location is as much a character as it a setting. The stories are infused with hints of faerie and myth, both European and Native American, and when you finish reading, you can almost glimpse the fantastical out of t...
I am too old for Bordertown. I don't mean that in some "put away childish things" sense. I still find the aesthetic as fun as ever--hell, I've got purple hair and a closet half-full of leather and lace as I type. But I've internalized Cavafy too much. I no longer believe problems can be solved by fl...
Bordertown was one of my favorite set of stories back when I was a teen. The writing was often a little clunky, and once I started going to night clubs and having adventures of my own the stories became much less exciting. I wouldn't really recommend the majority of it anymore--it's just too self-...
I will write a full review of this at some point soon. I don't know that I can right now, though. The last story more than made up for the faults with some of the others. Holy crap, seriously. Not ready to talk about it yet.
A mix of stories, some better then others. Generally entertaining, but not one I'll return to again for the lovely stories.
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